Michael Norman George James (born 1940) (died 2023) was

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Distinguished

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at the

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. He was elected a

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(FRS) in 1989 for "substantial contributions to the improvement of natural knowledge". He was appointed to the

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in June 2023, with the rank of Officer. He lived in

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Living people Alumni of Linacre College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada 1940 births Canadian fellows of the Royal Society University of Manitoba alumni Academic staff of the University of Alberta Canadian biochemists Officers of the Order of Canada Scientists from Edmonton {{Scientist-stub